Are you looking for reading recommendations? Here as some lists of best books of the year from The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and others.
2010年12月31日(星期五) 圖書館將於下午五時休息。2011年1月1日(星期六) 為"新年假日"全部舊金山市立圖書館休息一天。 圖書館在2011年1月2日（星期天）恢復正常開放時間。
Please note that the Chinatown Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will close at 5pm on Friday, December 31, and will be closed on Saturday, January 1, for New Year's Day. We will resume our regular opening hours on Sunday, January 2.
Please note that the Chinatown Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will close at 5pm on Friday, December 24 and will be closed on Saturday, December 25, for Christmas. We will resume our regular opening hours on Sunday December 26.
Once again this year SFPL library card holders and guests can get free admission to The Contemporary Jewish Museum. Take this opportunity to view the museum's Curious George Saves the Day exhibit and enjoy musical entertainment, storytimes with SFPL librarians and a bookmbile visit!
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11月24日(星期三), 11月25日(星期四) 及11月26日(星期五) 為 "感恩節假日" 全部舊金山市立圖書館休息三天。 圖書館在11月27日（星期六）恢復正常開放時間。
Please note that the Chinatown Branch and all other San Francisco Public Libraries will be closed Wednesday, November 24, Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26 for Thanksgiving. We will resume our regular opening hours on Saturday November 27.
作家Angie Chau 蒞臨華埠圖書館, 討論她的短篇小說集《安靜, 他們來了》(Quiet As They Come)。該短篇小說集記述一家剛來到加州的越南船民的生活 故事背景發生在20世紀80年代到今天的舊金山。這本書美麗又殘酷地刻畫了夾在兩種文化之間的生活。Join us for a book talk with author Angie Chau. She will talk about and read from her short story collection Quiet As They Come which chronicles the lives of an extended Vietnamese boat family newly arrived in California. Set in San Francisco from the 1980s to the present day, it is a beautiful and at time brutal portrait of a people caught between two cultures.
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour on Sunday morning! Daylight Saving Time officially ends at 3am on Sunday, November 7.
Ages 5 and older. Space is limited; please call for reservations.
您需要中文選民指南? 圖書館有中文, 英文, 西班牙文, 越南文的選民指南。您也可以上網http://www.easyvoterguide.org 找中文與各種語言的選民指南及其他關於投票的資料。 舊金山市縣選務處的網站也有很多資料，例如選民資料手冊, 選民登記狀況查閱等等。
舊金山公交局的代表會來到圖書館講解新的路路通卡(Clipper)的運作。路路通卡集多種功能於一身, 可以當做月票使用, 也可以增值買票以及轉車。A speaker from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will talk about the new Clipper (formerly Translink) card, an all-in-one reloadable transit card that manages your passes, fares and transfers and is accepted throughout the Bay Area.
想知道有哪些新書,CD及DVD?
還不清楚何時用藍色的回收箱, 何時用綠色的堆肥箱或黑色的垃圾箱嗎? 請參加關於回收及堆肥的講解會。Still uncertain when to use the blue recycle bin, the green compost bin, and the black garbage bin? Come join us for a presentation on recycling and composting by a representative from the San Francisco Department of the Environment.
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Are you a beginner who wants to learn how to knit or an experienced knitter looking to share ideas and techniques with other knitters? Join Chinatown Branch's "Knitting at the Library."
Come and join Sophie to make a special and fun craft project
歷史學家及作家譚碧芳(Judy Yung)會討論她的新書《天使島: 移民美國的門戶》(Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America)。汲取豐富的移民歷史和令人驚嘆的攝影，譚碧芳(Judy Yung)比較中國移民和其他族裔的移民經歷，包括日裔、韓裔、印度裔、俄裔和猶太裔的。天使島迷人的歷史為解瞭美國移民的複雜關係提供了新的視野－一個今天仍在上演的故事。
Historian and author Judy Young will talk about her latest book Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Drawing on rich immigration histories and stunning photographs, Judy Young will compare the experiences of Chinese immigrants to that of other ethnic groups detained on Angel Island, including the Japanese, Koreans, Asian Indians, Russians and Jews. This fascinating history of Angel Island offers new insight into America's complicated relationship to immigration, a story that continues today. Judy Yung is the daughter of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. She is Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940 and Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco.
Local author Wu Keping's novel Marry a Gold Mountain Man tells the story of three generations of a Taishanese family both in China and in the United States. It's the second novel in the Gold Mountain series that reflects the history of Taishan immigrants in America.
